Anthem

=Anthem=

This page contains resources related to our reading of Ayn Rand's novel //Anthem//.

[ Full Text ]
The text of the novel is available for free online through Project Gutenberg in HTML format (one long webpage) and as an online ebook (which has "pages").

[ Assignments and Projects ]

 * Anticipation guide (completed on Google Drive)
 * Background research
 * Reading questions
 * Discussion questions

[ Quizzes ]
Use these questions to complete quiz corrections. (Note: for FITB questions, [ ] represents the blank.)
 * //Anthem// ch. I-V quiz
 * 1) FITB: “It is [ ] to write this.” (first sentence of the novel)
 * 2) T/F: International 4-8818 reports Equality 7-2521’s discovery of the tunnel to the City Council.
 * 3) FITB: Equality 7-2521’s love of Liberty 5-3000 is a crime known as the Transgression of [ ].
 * 4) FITB: The transformation of the Unmentionable Times into the current society of the novel is an event known as the [ ].
 * 5) FITB: When watching the Transgressor of the Unspeakable Word burn at the stake, Equality 7-2521 thinks he looks like [ ].
 * 6) T/F: Equality 7-2521 discovers electricity while experimenting with lightning.
 * 7) FITB: Equality 7-2521 refers to electricity as the power of [ ].
 * 8) FITB: Equality 7-2521 believes that never have men addressed women with the phrase “[ ].”
 * 9) After creating light in his glass box, what does Equality 7-2521 realize he wants to see?
 * 10) What does Equality 7-2521 expect the Council of Vocations will do when he reveals his discovery?
 * // Anthem // ch. VI-XII quiz
 * 1) What unusual thing does Equality 7-2521 discover about the Palace of Corrective Detention?
 * 2) FITB: “What is not done collectively cannot be [ ] .”
 * 3) T/F: After being rejected by the Council of Scholars, Equality 7-2521 escapes to his tunnel.
 * 4) What does Equality 7-2521 notice when he stops to drink from the stream in the forest?
 * 5) T/F: The Golden One is able to locate Equality 7-2521 in the Uncharted Forest by following his tracks.
 * 6) Other than books, name one physical artifact of the Unmentionable Times that Equality 7-2521 and the Golden One discover in the house.
 * 7) FITB: While reading books found in the house, Equality 7-2521 discovers the word “ [ ].”
 * 8) FITB: Equality renames himself [ ].
 * 9) FITB: Equality renames the Golden One [ ].
 * 10) What word does Equality 7-2521 plan to etch into stone above the doorway to his home?